GreenSox

Putting all of the facts together, I must conclude that Avi is out of the lineup due to sickness from eating bad pizza.

Where's Avi? Isn't this showcase time?

Needs to catch that.

Cole Calhoun takes a walk around the stadium after each pitch.

On what planet did Yolmer think he could possibly make that? Out by 10 feet.

I could see 5+ players on Houston's AAA roster, none of whom are top 150 (to my knowledge) that I'd trade Soria for and who could probably play in Chicago immediately.

Covey is settling in as a starter. Let Kopech and Stephens settle in the majors via bullpen work. A lot of teams do it this way, including the Sox for their best (Sale, Buehrle)

And Baretto and Fowler aren't even hitting yet. Trienen's an older pitcher who was part of the Madsen/Doolittle package and as soon as he hits Oakland, he's better than both of them.

I would suggest just cutting Santiago, but that would upset the Tankers.

Plus that 3B depth also was a big piece to obtain Gerrit Cole.. If the Astros want Abreu, i would guess they see something they think they can fix unless it's just purely a matter of thinking they can get him on the cheap.

No time for one anyway, when you have only 10 days left to show him off and sell.

The difference between what the Padres got and the Mets got, for pitchers who are not that dissimilar in production, is just stunning, even factoring in the control

I don't know whether Riley is "the guy", if he's obtainable (I certainly wouldn't think for Fry alone), but the Sox need to start building a major league team and they need a 3B.

Cutting one-sided deals for vets is not Luhnow's m.o....he pays fair prices for veterans on the trade market. Now you aren't going to get his best prospects ...but that farm system is extremely productive and with careful scouting, Hahn and his scouts should be able to find what they need in the form of ascending, although as yet unranked, prospects. I'd love for Hahn to trade with the Astros.

Fry is a tough sell because he's more valuable to the Sox than Kahnle was, but not as valuable to other teams in the July period as Kahnle was either. Fry is younger, under more control and doesn't have Kahnle's history of being terrible such that there's a less chance Fry is a flash in the pan. Two months ago, I suggested that the Sox consider trading him. Consider. The emergence of Soria as a legitimate trade piece makes trading Fry less enticing.

What player are yall talking about here?

Yes, like Norm Cash; Sox in the Series in 67 with Norm. Re the question, I seem to recall Lamar Johnson being minor league beast - but not a 50 homer beast; pretty good couple of major league seasons as well.

You can obviously win picking either high school or college. That the Sox are emphasizing college players is Williams and Hahn's choice. I'm still surprised that the scouting director, and not the persons in charge of player personnel, actually make the picks. If you don't put the resources into scouting and evaluation you are better off picking college players....they have more form and less information asymmetry. If you scout and evaluate better than the competition, you are better off picking high school guys...have more information than the competition and have an edge.

Tilson never hit much in the minors, though. Not much basis to think he can hit in the majors. 19 minor league homers in 1900 at bats, et al. Cordell did. He's just been injured virtually his entire tenure with the Sox.

I doubt Avilan or Cedeno add much quality to the return package. To do it, you'd have to start moving Fry, Davidson, Leury, Narvaez, or Yolmer..one of those guys. I'm not sure it makes sense to do so for another A ball prospect...for a near major league ready pitching, CF, 3B prospect, it very well could.

I like the idea of moving Davidson or a similar player...time to shuffle these prospects around and build a team. And if the Braves think that's a fair trade, well then I wish them godspeed in getting it done.

Tilson hit his way back to Charlotte 2 months ago. Somebody just likes him - probably Reneteria. Hasn't really mattered as Leury and Delmonico have had injury spells. But when Avi gets healthy, enough is enough. Let Leury play CF

Can always use pitching. And some of these deep teams have AAA excess that could help the Sox...that's basically what the Pirates got from Houston for Cole (not that the sox have a Cole to trade).

Omar's OPS is .771 and rising; he is under 4 years of control. That's a higher OPS than Flowers ever had for the Sox and higher than AJ had except for 1 year. He walks like a maniac. What exactly are people looking for? And if they trade him...what are they going to get. An org's #19? To what end?

Save Omar! 2nd highest OPS on the team. One of the few Sox that takes a walk in an organization that has been walked-challenged for over a decade. The Sox signed several reclamation projects..unfortunately, most didn't reclaim.